S How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever blessed God!

How dear thy servants in thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

4 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me!

My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord, I devote to thee.

5 Now I am thine-for ever thine-
Nor shall my purpose move;

Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain,
Ånd bound me with thy love.

6 Here, in thy courts, I leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record;

Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

117 Praise to God from all Nations.

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ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
Each with a different tongue;
In every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns through every land;
Proclaim his grace abroad;

For ever firm his truth shall stand;
Praise ye the faithful God.

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise;

Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ;
Eternal truth attends thy word;

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

117

1

2

The same.

HY name, almighty Lord,

THY

Shall sound through distant lands;

Great is thy grace, and sure thy word;
Thy truth for ever stands.

Far be thine honor spread,

And long thy praise endure;

C. M.

L. M.

S. M.

Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

118

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FIRST PART.

Ver: 6-15. Deliverance from a Tumult.
HE Lord appears my helper now,
Nor is my faith afraid

THE

What all the sons of earth can do,
Since heaven affords its aid.

2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.

3 Like bees my foes beset me round,
A large and angry swarm;

But I shall all their rage confound,
By thine almighty arm.

4 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong;
In him my lips rejoice;
While his salvation is my song,

How cheerful is my voice!

5 Like angry bees they girt me round;
When God appears they fly;

So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze, and die.

6 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs;
The Lord protects their days:
Let Israel tune immortal songs
To his almighty grace.

118

SECOND PART.

C. M.

C. M.

Ver. 17-21. Public Praise for Deliverance from Death.

1 LORD, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
And rescued from the grave;

Now shall he live: (and none can die
If God resolve to save.)

2 Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath;

Thy hand that hath chastised him sore
Defends him still from death.

3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship there-

The house where all the righteous go,
Thy mercy to declare.

4 Among th' assemblies of thy saints
Our thankful voice we raise;

There we have told thee our complaints,
And there we speak thy praise.

118

Ver. 22, 23. Christ the Foundation of his Church.

1 BEHOLD the sure Foundation-Stone,

Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;

They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this Rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise;

'Tis thine own work, almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes.

118

1

FOURTH PART.

Ver. 24-26. Hosanna; the Lord's Day.

THIS is the day the Lord hath made;

He calls the hours his own;

Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround his throne.
2 To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;

To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to the Anointed King,
To David's holy Son;

Help us, O Lord, descend, and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Bless'd be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of

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grace;

C. M.

Who comes in God his. Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains

1

2

3

The church on earth can raise ;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

118 Ver. 22-27. Salvation by Christ.
EE what a living Stone

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The builders did refuse;

Yet God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envious Jews.

The Scribe and angry Priest
Reject thine only Son;

Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest,
As the chief Corner-Stone.
The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondrous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine;
This day did Jesus rise.

4 This is the glorious day

5

That our Redeemer made;

Let us rejoice and sing and pray;
Let all the church be glad.

Hosanna to the King

Of David's royal blood :

Bless him, ye saints; He comes to bring
Salvation from your God.

6 We bless thy holy word,

Which all this grace displays; And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise.

118

1

The same.

O, what a glorious Corner-Stone

But God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envy and the Jews.
2 Great God, the work is all divine,
The joy and wonder of our eyes;
This is the day that proves it thine,
The day that saw our Saviour rise.

S. M.

L. M

S Sinners, rejoice, and saints, be glad ;
Hosanna! let his name be bless'd;
A thousand honors on his head,

With peace, and light, and glory rest. 4 In God's own name he comes to bring Salvation to our dying race;

Let the whole church address their King
With hearts of joy, and songs of praise.

PSALM 119.

I have collected and disposed the most useful verses of this Psalm under eighteen different heads, and formed a divine song upon each of them. But the verses are much transposed to attain some degree of connection.

In some places, instead of the words law, commands, judgments, testimonies, I have used gospel, word, grace, truth, promises, &c., as more agreeable to the New Testament, and the common language of Christians; and it equally answers the design of the Psalmist, which was to recommend the Holy Scriptures.

119

1

FIRST PART.

Dr. Watts.

C. M.

The blessedness of Saints and Misery of Sinners.

Ver. 1-3.

BLESS'D are the undefiled in heart,
Whose ways are right and clean;

Who never from thy law depart,
But fly from every sin.

2 Bless'd are the men that keep thy word,
And practice thy commands;

With their whole heart they seek the Lord,
And serve thee with their hands.

Ver. 165.

S Great is their peace who love thy law;
How firm their souls abide!
Nor can a bold temptation draw
Their steady feet aside.

Ver. 6.

4 Then shall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from shame,
When all thy statutes I obey,
And honor all thy name.